Example sentences of "can [vb infin] [adv prt] on [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You can zoom in on any area of the design by positioning a BOX around that area . |
| 2 | Here senior police officers sit in a windowless room , facing a bank of video-monitors and operating , by remote control , TV cameras which can zoom in on any area of the terraces or stands . |
| 3 | And if you want to collect ready made salad type things from M&S I am sure you can eat in on some evenings by arrangement , depending on our social plans . |
| 4 | They can cash in on good ideas from staff and benefit from many small improvements and occasional large leaps forward . |
| 5 | During this spare time you can catch up on lost sleep ( as long as your naps do not prevent a full night 's sleep ) , relax after the stresses of the journey , adjust drinking and eating habits , and generally adapt to your new surroundings . |
| 6 | The wonderful thing about literature is that great poetry can chime in on any thought or experience . |
| 7 | It it 's not his best side er his right foot but you know he can weigh in on that side but er he does have a hunger for goals . |
| 8 | ‘ I can look back on many significant achievements by the staff . |
| 9 | Of his time at Darlington , he says : ‘ I can look back on many significant achievement by the staff . |
| 10 | Now , when life is so precious , I can look back on that period with shocked amazement . |
| 11 | apart from the current guys , we can look back on other great Leeds teams : |
| 12 | On a clear day there are magnificent views from all along this road as well as from the summit , and you can look down on all sides of the island , even to Porto Santo . |
| 13 | There have been many memorable moments : watching a gyr falcon trying to out-manoeuvre puffins in flight off the headland of Tjörnes ; finding purple sandpipers , dunlin , redshank and Arctic terns all breeding together near Núpscatla ; the spectacular east coast road which in places cuts across forty-five degree mountain slopes where you can look down on vast flocks of moulting eider drakes on the sea below . |
| 14 | You can look down on this very attractively from Biarritz 's nicest small square , the Place de l'Atalaya , reachable from below up paths dense with the wispy tamarisks of which the town is so fond . |
| 15 | Through it you can look out on some trees . |
| 16 | To tell us about the the little problem we reported on , reported on something we want to look at , we can home in on some activity . |
| 17 | After an efficient counter-attack , which may have been instigated as a ruse , the attacker can move in on another area of his target , one that may be wide open for an effective technique . |
| 18 | They may , for instance , be unaware that they are being spoken to unless referred to by name , and they can miss out on humorous incidents which make the rest of the class laugh . |
| 19 | still talking to the referee there 's a lot of chirping going on out there , and the referee can clamp down on that very easily by just reaching for his hip pocket . |
| 20 | Which answer will help us most to ensure that life can go on on this planet ? |
| 21 | I can see my life as a road , and I can go back on that road and see what I 've passed and come to terms with what I have passed by without realising and appreciating ; how I 've stopped in various cafes on the way and met interesting people in them and had fascinating conversations when all the time I should have been speaking to the person on the next table instead . ’ |
| 22 | I can see my life as a road , and I can go back on that road and see what I 've passed and come to terms with and what I have passed by without realising and appreciating ; how I 've stopped in various cafes on the way and met interesting people in them and had fascinating conversations when all the time I should have been speaking to the person on the next table instead . ’ |
| 23 | Erm so he can go back on this late . |
| 24 | Perhaps we sort through this original question we can pick up on that . |
| 25 | Some people can get by on three or four hours a night whilst others seem to need much more . |
| 26 | You can get about on those leg things of yours ; we have to stay where you put us . |
| 27 | The first knockdown shows us how one Rokkaku can bear down on another , its cross-spars pushing at the other 's sail in its vulnerable side where shape is vital . |